The corpus record

ἱκετ-εία

iketeia · ἡ

supplication

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum II 4 · 3.46/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Apology 1 · 1.14/10k
Siracides 2 · 1.08/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Laws 3 · 0.29/10k
History 3 · 0.2/10k

What it meant

ἱκετ-εία · hiket-eia — LSJ

supplication, addressed to

supplication, Th. 1.24; ἱκετείαν ποιεῖσθαί τινος to supplicate him, Id. 3.67; ἱκετεῖαι θεῶν addressed to them, Lys. 2.39; ἐφʼ ἱκετείαν τραπόμενος Pl. Ap. 39a; μετὰ δεήσεως καὶ ἱ. PPetr. 2p.60 (iii B.C.), cf. SIG 1181.12 (Jewish): pl., -είας ποιεῖσθαι Pl. Smp. 183a, etc.

In the wild

ἱκετείαν · hiketeian Plato, Apology 39
ἱκετείαις · hiketeiais Plato, Laws 887
ἱκετείαις · hiketeiais Plato, Laws 949
ἱκετείας · hiketeias Plato, Laws 796
ἱκετείας · hiketeias Plato, Symposium 183 (DIORISIS sentence 209)
ἱκετείαν · hiketeian Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 10

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Where it came from

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